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Weekly Dose 06.06.08
By: Jan |I’m sorry about the complete lack of updates here, except for the odd Weekly Dose edition. I’m currently spending most of my time over at the Germany World Cup Blog. But I hope to have the odd Bundesliga related post ready to help those who don’t care about the Euros through the next month.
The Bundesliga [...]
Weekly Dose 31.05.08
By: Jan |Rafael van der Vaart covered in mud / turned into a lust object. (Kickette)
In terms of foreigners the Bundesliga is second only to the Premier League. (BBC)
And as such the Bundesliga also has the biggest representation of players at the Euros. (Guardian)
Despite all those foreigners Germany still qualified for the Euros and is considered to [...]
It was a good Season. It was a bad Season.
By: Jan |It’s season review time to bridge the gap between now and the Euros or the next Rafael van der Vaart transfer saga.
It was a good season for…
Money. The three biggest spenders this season - based on their transfer deficit - were Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg and second division side Hoffenheim. Bayern’s millions bought them a double, [...]
Weekly Dose 21.05.08
By: Jan |Top Buts Allemand 07-08; according to Canal+. (Dailymotion)
Hamburg’s new coach Martin Jol while cleaning his nostrils. (Block 11)
Once upon a time in the Bundesliga; that’s Diego shooting. (Sportbild)
Munich celebrates in a surreal HDR photograph. (Flickr)
Q: What would you be if you weren’t a footballer? Peter Crouch: A Virgin. (Who Ate All The Pies)
Javier Pinola must [...]
10 Things we learned from Matchday 34
By: Jan |1. Nuremberg complete relegation double.
Schalke scored two goals. Schalke almost scored two own goals. In between Nuremberg squandered their chances, like they squandered their chances all season. Eventually those were Nuremberg’s final 90 minutes in the Bundesliga.
Nuremberg are now in sole possession of two less than flattering relegation records. They won the relegation double, by [...]
Weekly Dose 14.05.08
By: Jan |I recently joined Angela over at the Germany World Cup Blog to do some Euro 2008 blogging. Daryl suggested we post more often now to build a readership ahead of the tournament. But I’ve already gone through the process with this blog, so why all the hassle again, right? So please head over to the [...]
10 Things we learned from Matchday 33
By: Jan |1. Rostock and Duisburg return to the second division.
They went from newly-promoted to newly-relegated over the course of one season. Duisburg lost against Bayern at home (2-3), despite staging a semi-remarkable comeback after Lukas Podolski had made it 3-0 after just 20 minutes. Rostock lost against Leverkusen (1-2) in a game which kept Leverkusen’s [...]
10 Things we learned from Matchday 31 and 32
By: Jan |It was a busy week of Bundesliga football. And it was a busy week for me as well, so I focused my attention on the inevitable and the ugly. But there was more happening in the league, and it’s time to catch up with it in this double header edition.
1. Bremen and Schalke win Champions [...]
Weekly Dose 08.05.08
By: Jan |Bayern Munich is the 5th most valuable football club in the world, followed by Schalke 04 in 10th, Dortmund in 15th, Hamburg in 17th and Bremen in 18th position. Don’t take Forbes’ data about the clubs too literally though. They will try and tell you that Schalke is owned by the Veltins brewery. (Forbes)
Mad Jens [...]
10 Things we learned from Matchday 30
By: Jan |1. Only math stands in Bayern’s way now.
Bayern beat Stuttgart 4-1 on Sunday. Angela blogged about how it happened and then Anna blogged about why it happened. Now I blog about how Bayern top the table with a 12 point lead. 20 goals stand between them and Werder Bremen. 24 goals stand between them and [...]






